e.g. See: Global Oil Depletion: An assessment of the evidence for a near - term peak in global oil production UK Energy Research Centre 2009 Table 3.5 Estimates of production - weighted aggregate
decline rates for samples of large post-peak fields (% / year) IEA 5.1 % / year Hook 5.5 % / year CERA 5.8 % / year
Audiences» changing viewing habits are likely one reason for
the declining ratings for live award shows like the Oscars, as more and more people cut ties with the cable packages that are often required to watch such programs either on TV or online.
In a linear mixed model adjusted for age, sex, education, participation in cognitive activities, physical activities, smoking, and seafood and alcohol consumption, consumption of green leafy vegetables was associated with slower cognitive decline;
the decline rate for those in the highest quintile of intake (median 1.3 servings / d) was slower by β = 0.05 standardized units (p = 0.0001) or the equivalent of being 11 years younger in age.
Not exact matches
Further evidence of the
decline can be seen in the decreasing
rates of first - time patents since the 1980s, as well as increases in demand
for professional licensing, which could further restrict new business opportunities by requiring expensive (and often unnecessary) credentials.
The
ratings for «Parks and Recreation»
declined in small increments, but picked back up again in its seventh and final season.
At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment
rates were used as a synonym
for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily
declining incomes
for years or even decades.
The
decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned
for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily
for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest
rates are low.
The longer term
declining trend in shipping
rates for the last 3 years remains.
Bridgewater
declined to reveal how many employees it hired in 2015, but said it has 1,700 employees, and Dalio previously said its turnover
rate for individual employees within their first 18 months is 25 %.
She politely
declined — until he offered to pay her usual hourly
rate for her time.
Consider,
for example, the other seven MDG objectives, such as a proposed 75 % improvement in maternal health outcomes, to a 66 %
decline in mortality
rates for children under the age of five.
And as a result of the unreliable battery life,
for the first time in the history of Apple's MacBook line, Consumer Reports
declined to give the 2016 models a
rating of «recommended.»
The NFL's regular season TV
ratings were down 9 % last year, and a fair amount of blame
for the
decline went to the fact that younger viewers have become increasingly distracted by the plethora of streaming entertainment options online and social media.
The second condition
for declining rates will likely be satisfied too: housing unit sales have now been
declining for months, unemployment has remained stubbornly high, and economic growth is still sluggish.
«Twitter faces
declining expectations and easing comps as it approaches 2016, which should be a perfect backdrop
for a product - focused founder to look like a savior,» Stifel, which raised its
rating on the stock, said in a note.
After studying the
decline in U.S. crime
rates that occurred in the 1990s, it concluded that a drop of two percentage points in unemployment was responsible
for a 9 %
decline in burglary, 14 % drop in rape and robbery and 30 % plunge in assault.
Most notably, its same - store sales have been dwindling by 1 % to 2 %
for several quarters, though the
rate of
decline has slowed and the fast - food market is improving.
, the British medical historian Thomas McKeown carefully chronicles the
decline in mortality in England and Wales over much of the 19th and 20th centuries — charting death
rates for infectious diseases ranging from diphtheria to pneumonia.
Though the research uses data from SalesCycle clients, the insights behind the
declining cart abandonment
rates can be used
for all retailers.
Startup
rates may have fallen
for «good» reasons, and their
decline has not blocked growth in
rates of formation of high potential businesses.
Census Bureau data show that the
rate of business failure has been
declining for the past 30 years, and that the failure
rate correlates 0.61 with the startup
rate.
The
decline in the startup
rate hasn't cut the
rate of formation of two categories of companies with very high potential
for wealth creation and job creation: angel and venture - capital - backed businesses.
With membership renewal
rates on the
decline, and management expecting this to continue
for another six months, «this remains a top focus
for investors given concerns about the competitive environment and migration to online shopping,» Jefferies analyst Daniel Binder wrote in a note to clients.
True, farmland prices could fall if interest
rates rise and if crop prices
decline in big ways, making it difficult
for farmers to repay loans.
Savings will
decline as retired folk tend to consume rather than build assets, potentially leading to more competing demands
for capital and higher interest
rates.
The
declining trend in shipping
rates for the last 3 years remains fully intact.
Ratings for the annual Grammy Awards had been
declining steadily
for several years.
The recent popularity of junk goes counter to multiple warnings from Wall Street experts who believe the sector is in trouble due to looming interest
rate hikes and
declining earnings
for companies particularly at the lower end of the credit spectrum.
Cowen lowered its
rating for the photo messenger's shares to underperform from market perform, predicting a 30 percent
decline in stock price over the next year.
Now that transaction terms have been agreed upon, the new entity will have to contend with
rating declines across many large cable networks as more consumers opt
for cheaper and more customizable web - based services.
If they do, it will indicate a shift in the direction of the personal savings
rate, which has been
declining since June and stood at 4.4 percent in November (the most recent month
for which figures are available), according to Federal Reserve data.
For example, on a five - year average, Paris»
rating has dropped 3.7 percent to 91.1 in 2016, making it one of the ten biggest
declines in livability scores over five years.
The
decline is steeper still
for those working in certain business lines, such as credit,
rates and cash equities.
In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a
rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and although aid has not
declined, it has remained flat
for some time.
Never mind that crime
rates have been steadily
declining for years.
However, the household savings
rate has been in
decline for a generation.
The consensus, according to Bloomberg, is
for an increase of 220,000 non-farm payroll jobs in April (with a range of estimates between 180,000 and 335,000), and
for the unemployment
rate to
decline to 5.4 %.
Reliable data on business creation and destruction, even at the national level, has only been available
for the past few years; until relatively recently, economists didn't even know that the startup
rate was
declining.
But as the costs
for app development have
declined and the penetration
rate of mobile gaming has increased, marketing through mobile games is growing.
Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long
decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run -
rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped -
for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.
The
rate at which Americans start businesses has been falling
for more than three decades, and while the
decline has slowed in recent years, it has shown no sign of reversing.
The key long - term U.S. mortgage
rate declined slightly this week, after a steady rise
for most of April that pushed the
rate to its highest level in...
Capitalization
rates, despite a recent uptick in some markets, have
declined steadily
for several years.
For example, from 2003 through 2005 mortgage
rates declined to just under 6 percent on average, the lowest level since the first half of the 1960s.
Then... this is the best part... he made it clear that a 6.5 percent unemployment
rate would not necessarily be the threshold
for raising
rates, then went on a long discussion of the conditions under which he would NOT raise
rates, including if the unemployment
rate dropped mostly due to cyclical
declines in the labor force participation
rate rather than gains in unemployment, as well as persistently low inflation.
We operate in a highly competitive industry and geography
for employee talent and do not expect required
rates of compensation to
decline.
Because interest
rates have been on the
decline for the past thirty plus years and can't fall much further, investors have turned their attention to what happens when
rates have a meaningful rise.
In addition to the
decline in demand
for labor, the manufacturing capacity utilization
rate declined to 65.1 in June of 2009, the lowest level of the post-World War II period.
Though an improving economy later this year could lead to a pickup in loan demand and raise earnings potential
for banks, it's true that traditional banks are struggling with low
rates and
declining net interest margins.
When
rates rise, this is a huge plus
for bond funds because they can continuously reinvest at higher
rates, which offsets some of the sting you get from the price
decline.